Markers of Authenticity, 2018 Schedule
22 March: Seminar, 4:00–6:00pm, AHH 5.212: The Authenticity of the Body, with Dr Karin Sellberg (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland) & Professor Wendy Rogers (Department of Clinical Medicine & Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University)
2 August: Seminar, 5:00–7:00pm, AHH 5.212: The Authenticity of Identity, with Associate Professor Jay Johnston (Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney) & Dr Ian Stephen (Department of Psychology, Macquarie University)
30 August: Seminar, 4:00–6:00pm, AHH 5.212: The Authenticity of Faith, with Associate Professor Clare Monagle (Department of Modern History, Macquarie University) and Dr Aydogan Kars (Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University).
20–22 September: Conference: Manuscripts from the Margins (20–21 September, Specialised Papers, How to Edit a Forgery + 22 September, Faking It, Public day of papers with exhibition at the Museum of Ancient Cultures: Keynote Speaker Professor Christopher Rollston, George Washington University with other international speakers)
11 October: Seminar, 4:00–6:00pm, Venue TBA: The Authenticity of Landscape, with Dr Alicia Marchant (ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Western Australia) & Dr Emily O’Gorman (Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University)
Early November: Showcase Event, Venue TBA: The Spectacle of Science: Humanities at the Crossroads of Innovation, Kathryn Millard, Oron Catts (SymbioticA), Jennifer Hudson, Joe Lander.
Markers of Authenticity, Semester 2 Schedule 2017
August 14, 2:00–4:00 pm, AHH 5.212: ‘Faking the News’ with Dr Colin Klein (Philosophy) and Dr Margie Borschke (MMCCS)
September 5, 4:00–6:00 pm, AHH 5.212: ‘The Authentic Terrorist?: Mobilising the Past, Battling for the Future’ with Dr Julian Droogan (SSC)
October 13–14, X5B 321: ‘IMAGINING THE REAL: ALTERNATIVE (ARTE)FACTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY’, a two day symposium with keynote lecture by Prof. John Melville Jones
October 26, 4:00–6:00 pm, AHH 5.212: ‘Creative Authenticity: Originality and the Real’ with Dr. Mio Bryce (INTS) and Dr Ilona Hongisto (MMCCS)
November 2, 6:00–9:00 pm, TBA: ‘Authenticity of Experience: History and Gaming’ with Dr Rowan Tulloch (MMCCS), Daniel Keogh (Educational Games Designer, 3P Learning), and Abbie Hartman (MHPIR)
November 9, 4:00–6:00 pm, AHH Lvl 5, Board Room: ‘Authenticity of Desire’ with Dr Thomas Baudinette (INTS), Dr Karin Sellberg (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, UQ) and Dr Chelsea Barnett (Modern History)
The interdisciplinary seminar series “Markers of Authenticity” continues in session 1 2017 with the program of events listed below. Please join us for these seminars, for which we will send out reminders and abstracts closer to their respective dates.
Friday May 26, 1:00–2:30 pm W6A 308 (Ancient Cultures Research Centre Seminar Room)
‘On Authenticity and Race’
Adam Hochman, with a response by Andrew Gillett
Friday 2 June, 4:00–5:30 pm, X5B 321 (Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room)
‘Forging Antiquity: An introduction to the project and insights from the first six month’s work’
Malcolm Choat, Rachel-Yuen Collingridge, and Vanessa Mawby
Friday 9 June, 4:00–5:30 pm, X5B 321 (Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room)
‘The Internet Antiquities Trade: Insight into an Invisible Market?’
Lauren Dundler and Iain Shearer
The schedule of papers for Semester 1 (2016) is as follows:
Friday 11th March
Rachel-Yuen Collingridge (Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University) ‘Zukunftsgeschichte and the future of history.’
Friday 1st April
Malcolm Choat (Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University) “What is a forgery? Constantine Simonides, the Joseph Mayer papyri, and Hermippus of Beirut.”
Friday 29th April
Lucas Lixinski ( Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales).
“A Tale of Two Heritages: Claims of Ownership over Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Myth of ‘Authenticity’.”
Friday 20th May
Marcelle Freiman (Department of English, Macquarie University)
“Handwriting, drafting and authenticating voice ‘as’ writing process in a framework of Extended Mind theory.”
Friday 10th June
Javier Alverez-Mon (Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University)
“Looting and Forgeries of the Ancient Near East: The Antiquities Market.”
“Markers of Authenticity”, Session 2 2016 Program.
Friday 5th August, 4.00–5.30 pm, Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room, X5B 321.
Panel: ‘The Authenticity of the Museum Experience’
Craig Barker, Nicholson Museum, Sydney
Arul Baskaran, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Andrew Simpson, Macquarie University
Friday 26th August, 4.00–5.30 pm, Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room, X5B 321.
Louise D’Arcens, Department of English, Macquarie University
‘Manufacturing French Heritage in Michel Houellebecq’s The Map and the Territory’.
Friday 9th September, Venue TBA
Workshop: ‘Scripture, Reception, and Authenticity’
Faculty of Arts Visiting Research Fellow Peter Arzt-Grabner, Salzburg University, Austria, and other speakers.
Further details to come.
Wednesday 5th October, 1:00–2:00 pm, W6A 107 (note different time and venue)
Co-Sponsored with the Research Seminar Series of the Department of International Studies
Meg Mumford (School of the Arts and Media, UNSW), and Ulrike Garde (Dept. of International Studies, Macquarie University):
‘Scenes of the Authentic: Diverse Encounters with ‘Real People’ in X-Apartments (Berlin, 2004)’.
Friday 7th October, 4.00–5.30 pm, Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room, X5B 321.
Margie Borschke, Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
‘Authentic Copies and Network Culture’
Friday 4th November, 4.00–5.30 pm, Museum of Ancient Cultures Seminar Room, X5B 321.
Roundtable: ‘Markers of Authenticity across the disciplines’.
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